.mobi Will mobile.nytimes.com change into nytimes.mobi

[rosh86]

I have been trying to approach some companies that are not using the .mobi extension for their mobile site to make them aware about the .mobi extension.

I have contacted NYTIMES and emailed the following:


Hi,

I have noticed you have a working mobile site for nytimes at mobile.nytimes.com.

My question to you is:

How come you are not using .mobi to accommodate your mobile site?

At this time,it appears that someone else may be using the following domain name, nytimes.mobi, without any legitimat interest.

Just wanted to point this out, thats all.

Find more info at www.mobi.

To visit the registration details of the current owner go to http://whois.mtld.mobi/

Sincerely,

Rosh


They replied back:

Thank you for contacting NYTimes.com.

We appreciate your feedback and have passed it along to the appropriate department. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance to you.

Regards,

Daniel Cunningham
NYTimes.com
Customer Service


So whats going to happen ...

Lets wait and see ...

The more companies chose .mobi, the better for the .mobi extension!

Anyone else has had any success?

 

[Jeff]

mobile.nytimes.com (another mobile.xyz.com imho)

I wonder what the "appropriate department" is, and if they are even aware of the .MOBI? :imho:

Good job, please keep us posted with any further replies!
-Jeff

 

[AndyR]

The www.whois.mobi does not work, the link is http://whois.mtld.mobi/

 

[rosh86]

Example letter to send to non .mobi companies ... Lets convince them ...

I have emailed a few other companies including newspapers in the UK, US and Belgium.

This is the type of email I have used.

In case someone wants to use it to contact companies, I have added it below.

Together we can make .mobi!


(letter starts here)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have recently noticed that a Dutch newspaper company in Holland is one of the first to offer a mobile version of their site. (go to www.detelegraaf.mobi on your mobile device and read on www.dotmobiz.com for more info)


I think it would be brilliant if you could provide such a service bringing live news on a mobile device.

I have done some research for you about the dotmobi domain name extension.

To find out more about .mobi go to : www.mobi

I have also noticed that mirror.mobi is a premium reserved name by the dotmobi company.
To obtain this name you can find more info on http://pc.mtld.mobi/switched/premium.html
With the help of an existing trademark on mirror I am confident you could make a good chance having rights to this name.

Furthermore, I have noticed that following names have been registered by possible cybersquatters:

www.dailymirror.mobi and www.thedailymirror.mobi

U can verify this at http://whois.mtld.mobi/ where you can find existing owners of these names.


There are legal steps that you can undertake in order to get these names back.
More information can be found on : http://pc.mtld.mobi/switched/sr_dispresolution.html


Most companies have got a .mobi site to show that their site can be viewed on a mobile device and more are joining everyday.

Just to give you a couple of examples visit:
www.dir.mobi
www.bmw.mobi
www.bofa.mobi
www.sas.mobi
www.statefarm.mobi
www.cnnmoney.mobi
www.google.mobi
www.yahoo.mobi
www.ferrari.mobi
www.nokia.mobi


+ thousands more

I hope you take my view into account, as I have only trying to bring this to your attention.


Friendly Regards from a very loyal Daily Mirror reader!

Your name

The www.whois.mobi does not work, the link is http://whois.mtld.mobi/

Thanks Andy for bringing this to my attention!

 

[Jeff]

Good job, Rosh ... though you may want to omit the Flowers.mobi "website" and some of the other "forwards" as listed examples in your next letter, IMHO.

See you soon.
-Jeff

 

[scandiman]

Good job, Rosh ... though you may want to omit the Flowers.mobi "website" and some of the other "forwards" as listed examples in your next letter, IMHO.

See you soon.
-Jeff

Agreed, cut the flowers and instead ad bofa.mobi, sas.mobi and statefarm.mobi

 

[Jeff]

Agreed, cut the flowers and instead ad bofa.mobi, sas.mobi and statefarm.mobi

And for good measure, add a small dose ... of our very own Dir.mobi , as well! :music:

See you soon.
-Jeff

 

[rosh86]

Brilliant thanks for the info!

I have updated the letter in case anyone needs it.

And for good measure, add a small dose ... of our very own Dir.mobi , as well! :music:

See you soon.
-Jeff

 

[GijsZePa]

Brilliant thanks for the info!

I have updated the letter in case anyone needs it.

Did you already received some reactions ?

I did send some emails to .mobi newsportals asking them to provide a .mobi compliant rss feed...

That's also necessary for us developers :imho:

Martin

 

[fautebol]

Rosh86, you work could be useful, but I would rephrase this sentence in your future emails:

Currently, some other user is using your brand, nytimes.mobi, without any legitimat interest.

English is not my mother tongue, but I would prefer something like "Currently, it seems that some other user..." In order to avoid making affirmations on other people without having discussed with them...

 

[rosh86]

Rosh86, you work could be useful, but I would rephrase this sentence in your future emails:

Currently, some other user is using your brand, nytimes.mobi, without any legitimat interest.

English is not my mother tongue, but I would prefer something like "Currently, it seems that some other user..." In order to avoid making affirmations on other people without having discussed with them...

I agree, thanks allot for the feedback letters updated.

More thoughts are appreciated ... anytime!!!

And also hopefully some of us will be using this to email various companies around who are currently not making use of .mobi


Ill keep you updated on other companies I have emailed, to see if we get any result.


Regards,

Rosh

Together we can make this happen!